70 more deaths added to the state’s total since midday yesterday, half a dozen of those in the seven counties we track. Two in jasper County, one each in Marshall, Tama, Story and Hardin counties. The state toll now at 2,519.

Over 22-hundred new cases reported as well, 71 in Story County, 29 in Marshall County and 27 in Jasper County. The state total is now over 236-thousand.

Three more nursing homes added to the long-term care outbreak list, which now stands at 166. Iowan’s hospitalized last night down 48 to 1,124.